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Shipping bikes from peru or Bolivia
I recently asked if anybody knew of a shipping company which can ship our bikes from Lima or Cusco to Miami. People replied by saying that it's sea freight only from there. How about La Paz?? Air freight from there? Does anybody know? Any information on prices? I know there is a link on the hubb with shipping information, but most of it is outdated. Does anybody know of a more up to date database for this stuff? If anybody shipped a bike(s) from central South Am to the USA recently, can you tell me from where to where, how much, and what company??
Also: how much is the visa for US citizens (and bike import) for Bolivia and where do we apply for it??
If shipping costs are astronomical, how does one go about selling a bike down here? Any insight?
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I recently asked if anybody knew of a shipping company which can ship our bikes from Lima or Cusco to Miami. People replied by saying that it's sea freight only from there. How about La Paz?? Air freight from there? Does anybody know? Any information on prices? I know there is a link on the hubb with shipping information, but most of it is outdated. Does anybody know of a more up to date database for this stuff? If anybody shipped a bike(s) from central South Am to the USA recently, can you tell me from where to where, how much, and what company??
Also: how much is the visa for US citizens (and bike import) for Bolivia and where do we apply for it??
If shipping costs are astronomical, how does one go about selling a bike down here? Any insight?
Thank you!
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Im pretty sure you could air freight from La Paz, but I am sure it would prohibitively expensive (at least for my budget). You can still ship ocean from Bolivia even though its landlocked (they truck it to port in Arica, Chile). For a point of reference, I shipped (ocean) a Harley Davidson from Miami to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Freight charges were $800 and it took over 60 days. The company was Unibol . I would assume you could find similar pricing in Peru.
I would think you could get a good price for your bike in Bolivia. I can put you in touch with the BMW club here in Santa Cruz if you are interested. That might be a good place to start if you want to sell it.
Also get a second opinion of air freight from Peru. I cant believe that it is impossible. Maybe prohibitively expensive though.
good luck
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We sent our 1200 gs from BA to France with Dakar Moto
everything was perfect.
Sandra and Javier have really helped us, everything was very well organized and very fast.
with the exchange price was cheap.
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Does anyone have any up to date information about shipping from UK-Bsas.
How much was the shipping and how much was the clearance ???
I did this in 2007. I paid £600 shipping and £300 in customs and clearing port.
James Cargo were VERY expensive in 2007 when I got a quote from them.
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Bump !!!!
Anyone with recent shipping prices from UK-Buenos Aires ??
Cheers, Ted
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I'm just in the process of getting some; will report back.
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I'm just in the process of getting some; will report back.
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Muy bien
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Bump !!!!
Anyone with recent shipping prices from UK-Buenos Aires ??
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This was the last quote I got:
EUR 357,00 Crate for international Shipping (size: 5,05m3)
EUR 65,00 Delivery of empty crate to port warehouse
EUR 125,00 Lashing of motorcycle on crate by warehouse staff
EUR 292,90 Ocean Freight Hamburg-Buenos Aires (base rate EUR 58,00/m3 X approx. 5,050m3)
EUR 78,00 Locale port and freight forwarder charges Hamburg
EUR 40,00 Ocean transport insurance
EUR 50,00 Export Customs Declaration Germany
EUR 136,85 Consulting Fee "International Transport"
Deparutes : weekly, direct service
Transit Time : approx 21 Days (Port-Port)
Additional Costs:
- all costs, surcharges or fees at destination until final hand over of motorcycle (freight forwarder fee and warehouse charges)
- Import customs declaration (can be done without customs agent)
- all not named and advised costs resulting due to transport: e.g. customs inspections, waiting times, storage fees, delays, etc
The actually shipping is cheap if you can find your own crate. The problem is fees on the Argentinian side.
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So about £1000 before you even get to Buenos Aires.
Even in 2008, that was £300 by the time all storage, handing and admin was paid...
£1500 for one way to Bsas is crazy. I'm going to buy a bike in California and ride it to Bsas. When ! I'm not sure..
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